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Month: April 2014

In 2000, one of the greatest teen/cheerleading movies ever made was released. Fourteen years later, it remains a trenchant commentary on the cutthroat nature of cheerleading within the high school body politic. Directed by Peyton Reed (who has also given us The Break-Up), Bring It On continues to show us …

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Bob Hoskins’ death on April 29th signaled the loss of a great actor–maybe even Peter O’Toole level great. Hoskins, who died from–of all things–pneumonia, has offered us a plethora of incredible film roles, including Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Smee in Hook and, most importantly, his cameo in …

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For some, vengeance is an instinct that can’t be ignored in the heat of the moment. But those that know better take the Beatrix Kiddo approach to sweet, sweet retribution. Uma Thurman’s signature role as Black Mamba (real name: Kiddo) shows us all how it’s really done when it comes …

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Citizen Kane, consistently regarded as one of the best pieces of American cinema ever made, may be intended as an homage to William Randolph Hearst–even though it’s anything but. Hearst, notorious for his ruthless, cutthroat nature, is reduced to a middling, sniveling husk in his Rosebud-obsessed portrayal by Orson Welles. …

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Few film characters have managed to combine the perfect level of chicness and bitchiness all in one persona. Although the character first appeared in 1940 in DC Comics’ Batman #1, it wasn’t until 1992 that Michelle Pfeiffer imbued that Catwoman persona with some truly iconic clout. In the dual role …

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Two words: Sin City. Jessica Alba has generally relied on her objective “hotness” (I feel as though I just morphed into Janis Ian from Mean Girls) to sustain a film career. And while that should make one irritated, it can all be forgiven for her role in Robert Rodriguez’s (and yeah, I …

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Although Penelope Cruz’s career kicked off long ago (circa 1991), it has largely been her more recent film choices that have led her to transcendence. Naturally, her collaborations with auteur and known genius Pedro Almodóvar serve as the bulk of her acting greatness. What follows is her best work thus far. …

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If you’re on the older side of a millennial (forgive me for use of the term), you will undoubtedly remember when a show called Diary was on MTV. Documenting the lives of celebrities from a first person account told through a video diary, Britney Spears’ episode was extremely telling in …

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Madonna’s latest scandal: Calling kale gay. After a recent love affair with BuzzFeed, in which she publicized her Art for Freedom project, Madonna sat down to do a word association on ten topics and caused an instant internet uproar by calling Russian “president” Vladimir Putin and beloved vegetable kale gay. …

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Jackie Brown, regularly regarded as one of Quentin Tarantino’s least watchable films, is not only the auteur’s most underrated for its narrative, but also notable for its use of all things Kangol. As Tarantino’s first adaptation (from the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard), Jackie Brown had some obvious kinks–mainly in that Tarantino was …